Hungary’s nationalist premier Viktor Orban has warned of the likely need for two stimulus packages to boost the country’s economy during the next year. Speaking in neighbouring Romania on Saturday, Mr Orban said: “In the last five years the EU has ...

A Scottish father accused of faking his own death in the US to escape rape charges at home has been arrested, police have said. Kim Avis, who is facing charges of alleged rape and a string of sexual assault offences, was captured by US marshals mor...

The Royal Household continues to be front and centre of the public’s attention in 21st century Britain, with every movement under the watchful eye of eagerly awaiting Britons. In the past two years the Royal Family has seen a series of births and m...

Published: 20:23 Friday 26 July 2019
New Conservative leader Boris Johnson has reportedly said he will be taking the title of Minister for the Union alongside that of Prime Minister. A spokesman said that Mr Johnson had told the first m...

The Trump administration has formally blessed T-Mobile’s $59bn takeover of rival Sprint, more than 450 days after the two wireless groups clinched a deal to unite and create one of the largest mobile providers in the US. The Department of Justice s...

Missile launches are not a violation of the nuclear deal that Iran signed in 2015 with the US and other world powers, including the UK. President Trump, however, wants to see Tehran’s missile programme curbed as part of a new deal he wants t...

A century after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the descendants of Prussia’s ruling dynasty are locked in a struggle with the German state over the restitution of possessions from the former royal collection — and an incendiary demand for the ...

Milk producers in Bangladesh have reported plummeting sales after tests showed 11 leading brands of milk contained antibiotics. Earlier this month researchers at Dhaka University found antibiotics, as well as detergent, bacteria and heavy metals su...

Shares in Sports Direct fell by about 2 per cent in early trade amid a further delay to the release of its full-year results to the end of April. The statement had been due for release at 7.15am but had still not appeared by 8.30am. At 8.40am, the ...

Today humans are the dominant species on our planet — so much so that some scientists talk of a new geological era, the Anthropocene, defined by the traces left by human activity. Yet, for most of its history, Homo sapiens left only the faintest of...